Perseus A Galaxy • NGC 1275

Perseus A is home to an active supermassive black hole - one that is consuming
and spewing massive amounts of matter at the galaxy's center. Astronomers combine images
taken by different types of telescopes to make visible the dynamics of these supermassive
black holes. Large violet shells depicting high energy X-ray radiation surround pink lobes
from the low energy radio range in this image showing the internal violence at the heart
of Perseus A.